The super-popular Fish Hawk family from Crestliner has been revamped and given a shot in the arm with higher horsepower ratings for 2019. The 1750 series now can hold a 150 horsepower motor and the 1850 powers out at 200 horsepower.

Great Eight LAKE MILLE LACS East – Big walleyes are being caught during the day in 25 feet or more on the mud, gravel, and basin areas. During the evening hours, get away from the crowds in 16 feet and you’ll catch walleyes as well. You’ll hook a few more of the lake’s bigger perch on the…

Ice fishing has evolved in truly revolutionary ways during the past decade. Gone are the days of sitting on a pail for hours at a time, jigging with a “rod” that had more in common with a broomstick than with a precision angling instrument.

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Fall is right around the corner. Hunting season is coming up quick! Join Bill’s Gun Shop & Range at one of their new fall Hunting Seminars. Bill’s will be offering seminars like picking the Right Firearm for the Right Hunt, Basics to Sighting in Your Rifle/Optics 101, Youth in the Woods Hunting Seminar, Hunting Whitetails 101 and DNR Hunter Safety Courses. Do you already have your equipment? Stop at one of their 5 range/retail locations to sight in your rifle or leave it with them, and they will get it done for you!

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • During the 2017-2018 trapping season, state wildlife officer Brad Kiger, assigned to Franklin County, received a Turn In a Poacher (TIP) call about a subject trapping raccoons and opossums illegally. After further investigation, it was found that the trapper did not purchase a fur-taker permit or complete a trapper education course. A citation…

Central Region O’Shaughnessy Reservoir (Franklin County) – Anglers are employing spider rigs for crappies with some success. Some slabs, up to 13.5 inches, have been in the mix. Some are trolling for the best bite while others are casting. Alum Creek Lake (Delaware County) – Fishermen are catching decent numbers of 16-18-inch saugeyes by trolling Flicker Shads in a variety…

SOUTHWESTERN LP Lake St. Clair Fishing has been pretty good on Lake St. Clair. Anglers fishing along the American side of the shipping channel are catching walleyes and perch, but the fish are still gorging on mayflies. Lakeside Fishing Shops, (586) 777-7003. Lake Orion Bass fishing remains pretty good on Lake Orion and Lakeville Lake. Paint Creek has been barely…

DISTRICT 1 CO Zach Painter assisted the Porcupine Mountain park staff in the recovery of a hiker in need of medical attention. The hiker was severely dehydrated and could not walk. The hiker was brought to the nearest trailhead and given medical attention. Acting Sgt. Doug Hermanson, COs Dave Miller, Brett DeLonge, Brian Lasanen and Sgt. Marc Pomroy conducted a…

NORTHWEST REGION Lake Erie — As of July 3, anglers were catching walleyes on plugs and crawler rigs in 50 feet of water. Lake trout were hitting on plugs in 100 feet out of Northeast Marina. The yellow perch bite was hit or miss. Smallmouth bass were biting drop-shot rigs and jerkbaits in 30 feet at the W’s near Northeast…

NORTHCENTRAL REGION From the Game Commission Land Management Group Supervisor Rodney Mee reports that his crews continue to work on the three-bridge project on Pine Run Road on State Game Land 75. The bridge project was funded with federal Pittman-Robertson dollars, which are generated by the sale of sporting arms and ammunition. When complete, the bridges will be a part…

District 1 – Baudette area CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked anglers on the Roseau River. A complaint was taken regarding a dead calf, but it was far too decomposed to determine what killed it. CO Jeremy Woinarowicz (Thief River Falls) monitored boating and angling activity on the Red River of the North, investigated the possible killing of a dog by…